Oh, the years gone by…
Many years ago when I was a student pilot flying a C-120, (if you can remember when flight schools used C-120s, you may be older than I am), I groundlooped in front of the tower at BFI. Here’s the exchange, as I remember it:
Tower: Cessna triple 7, are you experiencing difficulties?
Me: No.
(pause)
…not now that I’ve got the sonofa**** stopped.
Tower: [Through laughter] Triple seven, taxi to the ramp.
Short Final…
Key Takeaways:
- A student pilot recounted a past incident where he groundlooped a C-120 aircraft.
- The groundloop occurred directly in front of the airport control tower.
- A humorous radio exchange ensued, with the tower controller laughing after the pilot's blunt response about finally stopping the plane.
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